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77.95.300 - Chinook and coho salmon -- External marking of hatchery-produced fish -- Rules.

Chinook and coho salmon — External marking of hatchery-produced fish — Rules.

The department shall adopt rules to control the mixed stock chinook and coho fisheries of the state so as to sustain healthy stocks of wild salmon, allow the maximum survival of wild salmon, allow for spatially separated fisheries that target on hatchery stocks, foster the best techniques for releasing wild chinook and coho salmon, and contribute to the economic viability of the fishing businesses of the state.

[1995 c 372 § 3. Formerly RCW 75.08.520.]